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News: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023 was announced by the state minister responsible for education. NIRF 2023 highlights include: Indian Institute of Technology Madras maintains its top spot in the engineering and overall categories. The Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru came out on top in both the research institutions and universities categories. …
Read MoreNews: The Reserve Bank of India is closely examining platforms that enable direct, or peer-to-peer (P2P), lending between individuals after digital payments and digital loans. Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is conducted online via a platform that brings together borrowers and lenders. Open a lender account on a P2P network if you want to lend money. And …
Read MoreContext: Mired in a slowing economy, inflationary setting and tighter monetary controls worldover, India’s merchandise exports shrunk 12.7% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to $34.66 billion in April — a six-month low. Imports fell sharper by 14% to $49.90 billion during the same period. The fall in imports and exports is not limited to India …
Read MoreContext: Recently the Union Home Minister announced that a probe panel led by a retired High Court judge will investigate the recent violence in Manipur that led to the death of at least 80 people and left several injured. What is happening in Manipur? Ethnic clashes broke out in the state nearly a month ago …
Read MoreNews: The engaging book “Kathakali Dance Theatre: A Visual Narrative of Sacred Indian Mime” by KK Gopalakrishnan was just published. The book gives readers a behind-the-scenes peek at the world of Kathakali, emphasising the green room, the challenges of the artists, and the special friendships created during extended make-up sessions. In the 17th century, the …
Read MoreNews: Every year on June 5, the world celebrates World Environment Day. Since 1973, the United Nations Environment Programme has celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June to raise awareness of the need to protect life on Earth. Since the event’s inauguration in 1973, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has served as its coordinator. …
Read MoreNews: In the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary, the Indian Army created a special environment that allows for peaceful coexistence with wild elephants. The Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary is in the Assam state. It consists of the Khanapara, Amchang, and South Amchang Reserve Forests. It forms a continuous forest belt that runs across the Maradakdola Reserve woods of …
Read MoreNews: Many farmers expressed concern about the “foot rot” illness in the Basmati variety of paddy saplings in the nurseries. Bakanae Disease is another name for foot rot. Only the Basmati kind of paddy is affected by this lethal fungus, which is spread by soil and seeds. ‘Fusarium verticillioides’ fungi are the culprits. The infected …
Read MoreNews: The Duty-Free Quota-Free (DFQF) programme is still not being used by the LDC countries, according to a report from the least developed countries group at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). At the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting in 2005, the decision to grant duty-free quota-free (DFQF) access to LDCs was made for the first …
Read MoreContext: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has conceptualised a lightweight payment and settlements system, which it is calling a “bunker” equivalent of digital payments, which can be operated from anywhere by a bare minimum staff in exigencies such as natural calamities or war. The infrastructure for this system will be independent of the technologies …
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